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- Ancient Greek · derived fromκῠ́τος“hollow”, “vessel”
- English todaycytoid
From Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos, “hollow”, “vessel”) + -oid.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκῠ́τος all →
cyte
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
cytoid
Today it means: cell-like; applied to the corpuscles of lymph, blood, chyle, etc. Full definition →
Ancient Greek κῠ́τος